The institute should take a hard look at other forms of support for autocratic regimes. Seven or 8 years ago it happily took $300 million to set up a "Silicon V

The institute should take a hard look at other forms of support for autocratic regimes. Seven or 8 years ago it happily took $300 million to set up a "Silicon Valley" run by the Russian government, although it has since experienced difficulties keeping faculty engaged (1) and more recently has "not much to show for it aside from a distant, windswept science park." 1. https://meduza.io/en/news/2015/09/15/another-foreign-faculty-member-leaves-russia-s-self-styled-silicon-valley-graduate-school https://meduza.io/en/news/2015/09/15/another-foreign-faculty... 2. https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/09/chill-out-russias-skolkovo-project-attempts-a-re-boot-with-a-new-venture-fund/ https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/09/chill-out-russias-skolkovo...